Anna Callaghan

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Anna Callaghan

Bio

Bio verbatim from the World Health Organization's Infodemic Management Manager Training:

Anna Callaghan is an epidemiologist with the Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Program at CDC in Atlanta. In her role as a country facilitator on the STOP Team, she supports the recruitment of francophone STOP candidates, coordinates the development of the annual STOP training content, and manages the deployment of over 60 STOP participants to Afghanistan, Cameroon, Chad, DRC and Madagascar. In addition, she coordinates several special projects for the STOP Program, including several data quality improvement pilot projects in Kenya, Lao PDR and Madagascar, the development of a new STOP training curriculum, and the launch of STOP Response Ebola consultants in DRC. Ms. Callaghan has deployed to support measles, Ebola and COVID-19 response efforts for CDC both internationally and domestically. She has many years of experience working at the field level in immunization and surveillance programs, starting with her service as a Peace Corps community health worker in Burkina Faso where supported the planning and implementation of immunization campaigns, weekly routine vaccinations, as well as surveillance and disease control activities at a local Health Facility. Ms. Callaghan earned a MS in Medical Microbiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Infodemic Management Manager Training

Anna Callaghan was listed as a "speaker" or "trainer" at the World Health Organization's Infodemic Management Manager Training in November 2020 co-sponsored by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and Risk Communication and Community Engagement Collective Service (RCCE)